File:Mesa Verde National Park Basketmaker III - Pueblo I Decorated Bowl Sherds.jpg

Summary

Row 1.—La Plata and/or Bluff Black-on-red. Nos. 1, 3 and 5 are rim sherds.

Row 2.—La Plata Black-on-white. Nos. 3 and 5 are rim sherds. Nos. 4 and 5 have fugitive red exteriors.

Row 3.—La Plata Black-on-white. No. 5 is a rim sherd.

Row 4.—La Plata Black-on-white. Decoration on all sherds is in a heavy, iron oxide paint. No. 3 has a fugitive red exterior.

Row 5.—La Plata Black-on-white. Sherds pictured in this row probably are within the range of La Plata Black-on-white despite the variation in decoration and surface treatment. No. 2. Design executed in thick, red, iron oxide paint on a deep buff background, but exterior is typical La Plata. Nos. 3 and 6. These sherds are smoothed but do not seem sufficiently polished to warrant their classification as anything but La Plata Black-on-white. Nos. 2, 3 and 5 are rim sherds.

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